Ultimate Peru
Overview
Highlights
- Colonial & Contemporary Lima City Tour, including Larco Museum (4.5 hours)
- Fly-over tour to view Nazca Lines
- Ballestas Island excursion
- Walking tour of Cusco
- Tour of Machu Picchu (The Citadel) with guide
- Sacred Valley tour with visits to Ollantaytambo ruins & Pisac Market
- Visit to Andahuaylilias & Raqchi, including lunch
- Lake Titicaca Boat excursion to Uros & Taquile Islands, with lunch
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Trip includes
- Round-trip economy class airfare to Lima (LIM)
- All airport and rail/bus station transfers
- 2 nights in Lima at the Hotel Arawi Miraflores Express Lima, or similar
- Colonial & Contemporary Lima City Tour with San Francisco Monastery & Larco Museum
- Bus from Lima to Paracas
- 1 night in Paracas at the Hotel San Agustin Paracas, or similar
- Fly-over tour to view Nazca Lines
- Ballestas Island excursion
- Bus from Paracas to Lima
- 1 night in Lima at the Hotel Arawi Miraflores Express Lima, or similar
- One-way economy class flight from Lima (LIM) to Cusco (CUZ)
- 3 nights in Cusco at Hotel Los Portales Cusco, or similar
- Walking tour of Cusco
- Expedition train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes
- Roundtrip bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu
- Tour of the Citadel with private guide
- Expedition train from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo
- Sacred Valley tour with Ollantaytambo ruins & Pisac Market
- Bus trip from Cusco to Puno with visit to Andahuaylilias, Raqchi & Pucara, including lunch
- 2 nights in Puno at Casa Andina Standard Hotel, or similar
- Lake Titicaca Boat excursion to Uros & Taquile Islands, including a local lunch
- Transfer from Puno Hotel to Puno (Juliaca) Airport – with Sillustani Tour en route
- One-way, economy class flight from Puno (JUL) to Lima (LIM)
- 1 night near Lima at the Wyndham Costa del Sol Lima Airport Hotel, or similar*
- Breakfast Daily *Please note: This hotel does not offer triple rooms. If you are traveling as a group of three, you will have two separate rooms for this night.
Itinerary
Welcome to Peru! Arrive in Lima then enjoy a transfer to your hotel. As Peru's capital, Lima is a modern metropolis buzzing with activity year-round.
Lima is synonymous with gastronomy, so on your first night enjoy a typical Lima meal - ceviche and a pisco sour.
Start the day with a tour of Lima!
After the tour, you might want to head to Parque del Amor in the Miraflores neighborhood to see Lima's stunning coastline.
You will be picked up from your hotel and driven to the station to go by bus from Lima to Paracas. In Paracas, you will discover where the desert meets the sea in one spectacular landscape.
After you've checked into your hotel, enjoy a fly-over tour of the mysterious Nazca Lines, also known as geoglyphs, which have remained intact for 500 to 2,000 years.
In the morning, enjoy an excursion to the Ballestas Island, known as "the poor man's Galapagos." Witness the incredible array of wildlife inhabiting the island - dolphins, seals, pelicans and more!
After the tour, head back to Lima.
Following breakfast at the hotel you will be transferred to the airport for your morning flight to Cusco.
In the afternoon, enjoy a walking tour taking you to Cusco Cathedral and the Inca sun temple, Koricancha.
Wake up energized, because today you will be visiting Peru's most renowned attraction - Machu Picchu! Transfer to Ollantaytambo train station in the Sacred Valley for the train to Aguas Calientes. Once in town, take a bus up to the entrance gate where you will ...
From Cusco, you'll travel to the Sacred Valley for your full day tour of the area known as the heartland of the Inca Empire, including the Ollantaytambo ruins and Pisac Market.
In the evening, indulge in a few of Peru's delicacies. Adventurous eaters will want to try the local specialty, cuy (guinea pig).
Today, you will take a bus from Cusco to your next destination of Puno, in the south. On the way, visit a small village famous for its lavish church, tour an Incan archaeological site, and have lunch in the town of Pukara.
Arrive in Puno, the jumping of...
Today you will embark on a tour of Lake Titicaca, which Andeans believe is the birthplace of the sun. It's the largest lake in South America and the highest navigable body of water in the world. Enjoy visits to Uros and Taquile Islands and get to know the cheery inhabitants!
Transfer to Puno airport for your flight back to Lima. En route to the airport in Puno, you'll visit the impressive pre-Inca archaeological site of Sillustani. The eternal resting place of the high plains nobility, its imposing chullpas (burial towers) stand up...
Your ultimate Peru vacation comes to an end today. Head to the airport for your flight home.
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